Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-28
Railroad Investigation.

Railroad Investigation.
OMAHA, June 27th.-The Pacific Investi-
eating Committee resume its session to-
day. W. A. Paxton, leading stock-yard-
man, testified as to lease given by the
| Union Pacific to the company in which he
was interested at Council Bluffs. Having
got an exclusive lease no other stockyard
company could compete with his as long
| as It was in operation. His company got
the best OF the transaction, Witness did
not know that the Union Pacific had paid
his company any rebates until Governor
Pattison showed him they had. A num-
Der OF other witnesses were examined.
Captain Lawton 10 Go East.
WASHINGTON, June 27th-Now that the
! Apache campaign is over it is stated at the
| War Department that Captain Lawton's
company of the Fourth Cavalry will be
| enabled to come to Washington without
| delay to form a part of the cavalry post AT
Fort Myer. The ether company which
will complete the post belongs to the Sixth
| Cavalry, and will, it is expected, start East
| before the end of the first week in July
So both companies viii probably be here
by the middle of next month.
Foreign Contract Labor.
New YORK, June 27th-Collector Magsn
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French silk-weavers who landed at Cas-
| tie Garden on Sunday, and ordered that
| they be sent back to France under the Act
| of Congress prohibiting lhe importation of
contract labor. Investigation developed
| the fact that the weavers Were under con
tract to work for a Jersey City silk manu-
| facturer. He will appeal TO the Courts for
an Injunction.
jacob Sharp's Case.
New YORK, June 27th.-Jake Sharp
| tottered into Court this morning looking
very weak and worn. He passed a terri
BILE night not even getting as much sleep
as on Saturday night The first business
of the session was to again adjourn Oyer
and Terminer to Monday, July 11th. The
prosecution completed their evidence about
IL o'clock and rested the case for the people.
| Great Engineering Feat.
PHILADELPHIA, June 27th.-Two thou
! sand people saw wonderful achievement
in engineering skill at Holmesburg juno
ton, on the New York division of the
| Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday. Thirty
! men moved a distance of fifty feet the iron
bridge, weighing 800 tons, that spans the
Pennyback, and they accomplished the
great task in the remarkable time of IL!
minutes.
Trouble in University.
Icopwig. 1887, by tie California Associated Press
DEsMoINEs, June 27th.-There is trouble
In the State University. Professors Fell
lows, Leonard and Parker, whose resigna-
| tions are demanded by the regents, print
letters, the substance of which is the re-
moval fultills bargain made in the last
| Legislature.
Statement Denied.
New YORK, June 27th.-Statements that
| the Board of Arbitration of District 80
has been abolished and an Executive
Committee, with George W. Darnn as
Chairman, organized in its place, are denied
by prominent delegates of the knights OF
| Labor.
| Complaint Against "A Railroad.
WASHINGTON, June 27th.-Milton Evans,
| of Walla Walla, w. T., complains to the
| Interstate Commerce Commission of the
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
for charging 30 cents per hundred pounds
on wheat from Walla Walla TO Portland,
| which rate he thinks extortionate
Lucky it isn't Sullivan.
New YORK, June 27th-A telegram has
/ been received from London by Richard K
Fox in behalf OF Jem Smith, accepting Jake
KiIrain's challenge to fight for The cham
| pionship OF the world. He names the
Continent as the battle-ground, and 81, 500
a side as the stakes, and will give $500 as
expenses.
! Feminine. Bachelors of Art.
BosTos, June 27th.-The commencement
exercises at Harvard was held to-day.
The degree of A. B. was conferred on five
lady graduates.
! Wife Murder and Suicide.
LoUIsvILLE (Ky.), June 27th.-August
| Berning tonight killed his wife and then
suicided. Jealousy caused the crime. Bern
ing was % years of age, and the son Of
wealthy citizen of st. Louis
Rate War Imminent.
[Copyigh, 1857, BY te California associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 27th.-The Times saws
Iate war between the Atchison and Mis-
souri, Pacific is imminent.